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Webster 1913 Edition
Jackass
Jack′assˊ
,Noun.
[2d
jack + ass
.] 1.
The male ass; a donkey.
2.
A conceited dolt; a perverse blockhead; – disparaging and offensive.
Jackass bark
(Naut.)
, a three-masted vessel, with only the foremast square-rigged; a barkentine.
– Jackass deer
(Zool.)
, the koba.
– Jackass hare
,
Jackass rabbit
(Zool.)
. – Jackass penguin
(Zool.)
, any species of penguin of the genus
– Spheniscus
, of which several are known. One species (Spheniscus demersus
) inhabits the islands near the Cape of Good Hope; another (Spheniscus Magellanicus
) is found at the Falkland Islands. They make a noise like the braying of an ass; – hence the name. Laughing jackass
. (Zool.)
See under
Laughing
.Webster 1828 Edition
Jackass
JACK'ASS
,Noun.